Friday, April 20, 2012

"Gal" Friday! Brit Bliss

Oh, ce cul tu as! I first saw this young lady on Facebook and her fan page photos encouraged me to Google her images on the web (highly recommended). Brit Bliss is a twenty-four year old model from Olympia, Washington (per Model Mayhem). She easily meets all of my daily food group requirements, which amounts to diddly-squat since I'm getting too old to compete at this level. More is the pity! Couldn't say if it's true or not, but I also read somewhere that she attended the Air Force Academy and is pursuing a degree
in psychology and astronautical engineering. What I can affirm is that this photo speaks for itself, and again, please feel free to conduct a web search for even more evidence that Brit is on fire.

How it all began ....

In 1933, publishers at Eastern Color Press, intent to make better use of their printing equipment (which frequently sat idle between jobs), came up with the idea of printing an 8-page comic section that could be folded down from the large broadsheet to a smaller 9-inch by 12-inch format. The result was the first modern comic book. Containing reprints of newspaper comic strips, this experimental comic book titled "Funnies On Parade" was given away for free. It proved so popular that the following year Eastern published "Famous Funnies" and took the bold step of selling the comic for ten cents through chain stores. The enterprise was a smashing success and Eastern began churning out numerous reprints on a monthly basis. Other publishers, eager to get in on the profits, jumped on the bandwagon and the comic book industry was born!